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On a day when the NFL's free agents were officially allowed to test the market, it was a different kind of "Let's Make a Deal" that stole the spotlight. It was a dizzying flurry of trades Tuesday that refashioned pro football's landscape, with star tight end Jimmy Graham going from New Orleans to Seattle, Baltimore shipping All-Pro defensive tackle Haloti Ngata to Detroit, and Philadelphia and St. Louis pulling off a swap of pocket passers — the Eagles getting Sam Bradford in exchange for Nick Foles. Late Tuesday, Darrelle Revis, among the league's best cornerbacks, left the New England Patriots and returned to the New York Jets, the team that...

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On a day when the NFL's free agents were officially allowed to test the market, it was a different kind of "Let's Make a Deal" that stole the spotlight.
It was a dizzying flurry of trades Tuesday that refashioned pro football's landscape,...

Who is the worst of the worst?
That's one of the big questions as the NFL's regular season draws to a close, with a five-way tie at 2-11 among the Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The...

Colt McCoy remains on pace to start at quarterback for the Washington Redskins on Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys, although Coach Jay Gruden said he won't make a decision on Robert Griffin III until shortly before kickoff.
Gruden tried to be a...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell must testify at next month's Ray Rice appeal hearing, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
The reports said U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones, the independent arbitrator handling the appeal, issued the ruling. Rice...

James Harrison tweeted just three days ago: "Retirement is good!"
But that was a day before his longtime team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, lost two starting linebackers in one game.
Suddenly his Twitter feed took a different tone. On Monday night...

The NFL draft will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday in New York. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines team needs by division. Today, the West divisions:
AFC West
There’s no doubt the Oakland Raiders need a long-term answer at quarterback — Matt...

The Denver Broncos' offense was off the charts last season but they came just short of the organization's third Super Bowl title in a disappointing loss to the defensive-minded Seattle Seahawks. This season, the Broncos look to repeat as division...

The other three quarterbacks in the AFC West relocated their game, and now Oakland's Matt Schaub is looking to follow suit.
Schaub, whose career was kaput in Houston, is looking to run a rebootleg with the Raiders, a franchise coming off consecutive...

So much for silver platters.
A couple of first-place NFL teams saw prime opportunities go poof Sunday, as they failed to make the most of their comeback chances.
The Chicago Bears, who were in a three-way tie for first in the NFC North, scored on a...

The Steve Smith era in Carolina is over.
The Panthers released their all-time leading receiver on Thursday after 13 seasons. Panthers General Manager Dave Gettleman said it “was not an easy decision” in a news release.
The decision came one day after...